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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 6: The Fruits of Long Endeavors; Atossa's War.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Cole say this theorist lacked?
(a) The case studies to support his claims.
(b) The right tools to achieve his goals and to execute the procedure correctly.
(c) The intelligence to achieve his goals and to execute the procedure correctly.
(d) The research to back up his claims.

2. The ______________, led by Rous, claimed that viruses cause cancer, although no such virus had been found in human studies.
(a) Virusists.
(b) Viologists.
(c) Virologists.
(d) Virusologists.

3. In 1942, UK statisticians approached the Ministry of Health with the shocking news that cancer morbidity had risen ______ fold in the past 20 years.
(a) 20.
(b) 10.
(c) 15.
(d) 5.

4. The radical mastectomy needed to be tested against what?
(a) The simply mastectomy and lumpectomy plus radiation.
(b) The lumpectomy.
(c) The lumpectomy plus radiation.
(d) The simple mastectomy.

5. Phyllis Clauson writes to the Jimmy Fund about her brother, ____________, the real "Jimmy."
(a) Einar Gustafson.
(b) Jimmy John.
(c) Jimmy Gustafson.
(d) James Gustafson.

Short Answer Questions

1. One of the most difficult forms of cancer to treat is what?

2. After the introduction of the Pap smear came the clinical trials for what?

3. Who is the person who is the answer to number 179?

4. Mary Woodward Lasker and her husband Albert Lasker began to do what?

5. The author says his heart was in what?

(see the answer key)

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